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Marcus Lehmann

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “rabbi in germany who strove to preserve orthodox judaism against the growing influence of the reform movement”. Today it says “leading german orthodox rabbi and author”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “German orthodox rabbi (1831 – 1890)”. It now reads “German orthodox rabbi (1831–1890)”.
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German orthodox rabbi (1831 – 1890) Not to be confused with Mayer Lehman or Manny Lehman . Late 19th century portrait of Rabbi Marcus Lehmann, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland . Marcus or Meyer Lehmann or Meir Lehmann (29 December 1831 – 14 April 1890) was a leading German Orthodox rabbi and author.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “rabbi in germany who strove to preserve orthodox judaism against the growing influence of the reform movement”. Today it says “leading german orthodox rabbi and author”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “German orthodox rabbi (1831 – 1890)”. It now reads “German orthodox rabbi (1831–1890)”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

rabbi in germany who strove to preserve orthodox judaism against the growing influence of the reform movement

Now

leading german orthodox rabbi and author

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